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Grace's POV.
March is finally here and the cold is starting to decrease. The days are longer and the mornings sunnier. Cambridge is slowly coming back to life, there are flowers around the place and the smell of Spring is filling the air causing me to sneeze every five second when I go out with my friends. But it's a nice sensation, you know like a new start. The chance I was waiting for.
''Grace, did you took my hoodie? The black and white one? I can't find it anywhere,'' Alex whines as he throws stuff out from my closet. I tie my hair up and roll off from bed standing up to collect the clothes he thrown on the ground.
Alex can be a dream of a roommate, the kind who folds all his shirts and puts them into his drawer ordering them by their color, making breakfast every time he wakes up first, even cleaning your room if he's happy enough; or the most painful stick in the ass you could ever try, it deeps on his mood. Today apparently he's not that willing to take care of his mess forcing me to take out my sassy side out.
'' Now Alex. You know we're just going to Damien's, not to a fucking restaurant.'' I calmly say breathing out my frustration. '' There's no need to use that hoodie that costs much more than a week of work at Lee's right?''I say between gritted teeth. Alex snaps back to reality and I watch as his hair fall on his face. He looks a lot like a baby and my though mask shatters replaced by a sweet smile.
'' Oh. Today is the dinner with Damien? Like... today, today?'' I nod and Alex curses crushing down on his butt, his head in his hands. This boy worries me till no end sometimes.
'' Oh fuck! I forgot.'' He bites his lips and I start to fold the clothes so I can put them back into the closet. '' It's not that I can-'' I warn him with my most scary glare.
'' Hey brother,'' I scold him and Alex bites his bottom lip. I hate when he does it, I feel so alike him I can't seem to say no to anything he asks. ''First, he's your father too and second, you don't let your sister down that easy, understand boy? He's already upset with me because I moved over here with you, what will happen if I go there without my bodyguard? He will eat me alive and no one will be there to take care of my chewed up body.'' Alex opens his mouth to protest but I cut him off by raising my finger.
'' Oh, no. You're coming, there's no way in this whole world that will make you skip this dinner. No way." I repeat couple of times before daring to look to his face, poppy eyes showing up. fuck. Sneaky, isn't him.
He puts his hands together and lowers his head before speaking '' Please, Grace. I can't come today. I wouldn't be asking If it wasn't important.'' it really looks like he has a good reason though.
Alex never lets me down, I can't imagine him doing it just because he's bored. I know maybe I'm becoming too soft, maybe I should be more selfish and a lot more tough, but Alex is always so kind to me and I love him like there's no tomorrow.
